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'Bleak' Golf Course Restaurant In Region Gets Gordon Ramsay Makeover On 'Kitchen Nightmares'
Thanks to Gordon Ramsay, In The Drink is now out of the bunker.
Ramsay helped give the northern New Jersey restaurant a much needed facelift on the Monday, Oct. 9 edition of "Kitchen Nightmares," while also improving the managing of the struggling restaurant, which was said to be $250,000 in debt.
Last week's episode tackled Bask 46 and its "Culinary Gangster" head chef, who has since left the business.
The episode called "In The Drink," located at Preakness Valley Golf Course in the Passaic County township of Wayne, portrayed George, the owner, as an absentee owner struggling to run the…
Trader Joe's, With Area Stores, Ranks No. 2 For Best Places To Work
For those out there hating their job, "Forbes" Magzine has come out with their Top 100 employers to work for and the No. 2 best place to work happens to have several locations right in the area.
Traders Joe's with its easy, breezy setting and apparently, bosses, came in second on the magazine's list that included an exhaustive survey nationally of employees including the likes of Google (#3), Costco (#5) and the main surprise, Michelin (which came in 33 last year) as the number one employer.
The store, with locations in Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Larchmont in Westchester also has store…
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area
It didn't take long for much of the area to get more than a half-foot of snowfall accumulation.
The storm that swept through the area arrived very early Saturday evening and moved out east not long after midnight.
Here are snowfall totals we've already reached. Be sure to leave the total for your hometown with a comment below.
Hudson Valley
Westchester
Armonk, 7.5 inches
Croton-on-Hudson, 7.7 inches
Harrison, 7.5 inches
Irvington, 6.5 inches
Mamaroneck, 7 inches
Mount Kisco, 7.2 inches
Valhalla, 6.5 inches
White Plains, 7.5 inches
Yonkers, 6.5 inches
Putnam
Brewster, 6 inches
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Toys 'R' Us Will Shut Down 182 Stores, Including Two In Hudson Valley
Toys "R" Us, which filed for bankruptcy last fall, plans to close as many as 182 outlets, about one-fifth of its total number of stores across the country, according to a court filing late Tuesday.
A shift by customers to online shopping and increased competition led to the move, the Wayne, New Jersey-based company said.
Here is a rundown of tristate area stores scheduled for closure:
New York
Yonkers, 2700 Central Park Avenue
College Point, 139-19 20th Avenue
Union Square, 24-30 Union Square East
Sayville, 5181 Sunrise Highway
Massapequa, 5214 Sunrise Highway
Henrietta, 2…
